Crime Rate in East Cowes, ward

East Cowes has the 13th highest crime rate of 39 wards in Isle of Wight district and the 2821st highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 376th highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in East Cowes in the last 12 months was 78.6 per 1,000 residents and was 7.1% lower than the Isle of Wight district average (84.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, East Cowes’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 183 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 224 (≈ 43.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -9.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the East Cowes ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Castle Street, with 43 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Princess Close (23 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.